In a Glass Cage (1986)

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The Age of Commercialism

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It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Slow, and at many times boring,In a glass cage really doesn't deserve much of the notoriety it has. It's basically a revenge flick which you can work out almost from the beginning what is about to take place. There are actually no real graphic scenes at all, which is strange as many seem to have stated here that there are. Sure, the subject matter may be a little off-putting for some, but the two kills are bland - basically just an injection and an (off camera) throat cutting. I really didn't see the big shock in that. It's a quite dark movie, with heavy use of blues, black, and green, and a chase scene has some music straight out of an Argento flick ending in something that also looks like the Italian horror maestros work. But due to the boredom factor I wouldn't watch In a glass cage again.. This could easily be a 15 rated movie in my opinion. I'd avoid it if your time is limited.

Good Lord! UNCOMFORTABLE!!! Without giving too much away, this film is about a Nazi doctor/child molester that tries to commit suicide, fails and ends up in a iron lung. A dude shows up to his house claiming to be a nurse there to take care of Klaus, the Nazi child molester. Because this film is over 2 decades old, there are some major slow parts. But, all the other scenes make up for the boring parts. I felt myself saying in my head, please don't go where I think this is going… Of course it went there and it was often worse than what I was expecting. With an ending that will stay with me for a while, this is definitely one to watch alone. I would also like to point out that this is more of a Horrific Drama, very Hitchcockian.Please like me on Facebook! We love getting suggestions and warnings on everything horror: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Heart-Horror/338327476286206

IN A GLASS CAGE (Tras el Cristal) Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: MonoConfined to an iron lung following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a former Nazi doctor (Gunter Meisner) is visited in his isolated country home by a mysterious young man (David Sust) who professes knowledge of Meisner's 'work' with adolescent boys in the concentration camps, where the doctor had cultivated an appetite for sadistic sexual abuse. Harboring terrible secrets of his own, Sust begins to undermine Meisner's terrified family, culminating in a resumption of the doctor's hideous 'experiments'...Agustín Villaronga's magnificent feature debut premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986, where it was alternately cheered and denounced for its unflinching gaze into the abyss of human corruption, and the movie's extreme subject matter prompted its subsequent lapse into obscurity. However, Villaronga's subsequent works - including MOON CHILD (1989) and EL MAR (1999) - have travelled the international festival circuit to great acclaim, leading to a belated reappraisal of IN A GLASS CAGE, his darkest, most harrowing movie to date. Ostensibly a slow-burning melodrama punctuated by a series of Hitchcockian/Argentoesque set-pieces (most notably a nerve-shredding sequence in which Almodóvar favorite Marisa Paredes - here playing Meisner's harried wife - is stalked through the house by Sust when she becomes surplus to his requirements), the film asks profound questions about the monsters which lurk inside each and every one of us, and illustrates with startling clarity the cyclical nature of sexual abuse. Some viewers, especially parents of young children, will undoubtedly be horrified by some of the confrontational material included here, as Villaronga refuses to soft-peddle the horrors conjured by his nightmare scenario (the movie's second murder is especially shocking, though there's very little on-screen gore). In a brief interview published in 2003, the director explained how some of the more unpleasant scenes involving children were created by having them play a series of innocent 'games' which were then edited into the finished product, and there's a disclaimer in the closing credits which offers an unequivocal reassurance that none of the young actors were exposed to anything inappropriate during filming, and that a child psychologist was present during the recording of those sequences.Beautifully played by a fearless cast (veterans Meisner and Paredes are appropriately subdued, whilst newcomer Sust makes a startling transition from handsome, fresh-faced innocent to strident Nazi demi-god, rampaging through Meisner's increasingly devastated home with newfound sexual maturity) and filmed with genuine skill by a top-notch production team, Villaronga's extraordinary film explores the wartime ghosts which continue to haunt the collective European consciousness. To his eternal credit, the director approaches his subject with deadly seriousness: Using numerous cutaways to photographs of children taken in concentration camps at the end of the Second World War, he deflects any suggestion of 'exploitation' by constantly reminding viewers of the historical truth which underpins his fictional drama. By turns haunting, horrific and deeply disturbing, IN A GLASS CAGE is an authentic masterpiece, arguably one of the finest - and most difficult - movies to emerge from Spain during the 20th century. However, be warned: Not everyone will be swayed by the film's courage and audacity, and some viewers will be genuinely shocked by Villaronga's uncompromising approach to the material.(Spanish dialogue)

A truly dark and disturbing movie that must be seen. A man with a dark and sordid past who committed crimes against young boys tries to commit suicide and fails, he is only kept alive by a machine called an iron lung and can't move from the neck down. His wife needs help looking after him as she also has a young daughter to look after and a male nurse applies for the job, despite misgivings from his wife he stays. the film contains some very disturbing moments but I believe everyone should watch this film, it is a true classic and will remain in your thoughts long after you have watched it, I will not say more as i don't want to ruin it for anyone except you owe it to yourself to watch it, and watch it with an open mind. Also if you do get to watch this movie then I recommend you watch El Mar, another brilliant movie well worth seeing.